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2006 SESSION
062438120Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 52-11 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 52-11. Defense of police officers.
If any police officer appointed by the Superintendent of State Police shall be brought before any regulatory body, summoned before any grand jury, investigated by any other law-enforcement agency, or arrested or indicted or otherwise prosecuted on any charge arising out of any act committed in the discharge of his official duties, the Superintendent may, upon written request of the officer, employ special counsel approved by the Attorney General to defend such officer.
Upon At
the conclusion of any investigation, trial, or other proceeding related
to the defense of the police officer and upon a finding that (i)
the officer did not violate a law or regulation resulting from the act which
was the subject of the investigation and (ii) the officer will not be
terminated from employment as the result of such act, the Superintendent shall
pay for the special counsel employed. The compensation for special counsel
employed, pursuant to this section, shall, subject to the approval of the
Attorney General, be paid out of the funds appropriated for the administration
of the Department of State Police.
At the conclusion of any investigation, trial, or other proceeding related to the defense of the police officer and upon a finding that (i) the officer violated a law or regulation resulting from the act that was the subject of the investigation or (ii) the officer will be terminated from employment as the result of such act, the officer shall pay for the special counsel employed.